can I upgrade NT WS 4.0 to XP Pro

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c bork - 25 May 2004 23:59 GMT

We have a workstation that we would like to get rid of NT
and change it to XP - is that a problem - would it be best
to repartition and reformat the hard drive and just
install XP? Thanks for the opinions.

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Dave Patrick - 26 May 2004 04:24 GMT

I would never recommend an upgrade, but yes just put the Windows XP Pro
CD-Rom in the drive and start the upgrade from Windows NT

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| We have a workstation that we would like to get rid of NT
| and change it to XP - is that a problem - would it be best
| to repartition and reformat the hard drive and just
| install XP? Thanks for the opinions.

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xe77 - 27 May 2004 04:21 GMT

It is unlikely that a PC running Windows NT Workstation
would be able to run Windows XP.
Make sure you check the minimum requrements:
I recommend:
PIII 700 Mhz or more
265 MB RAM (or 192 MB)
15 GB Hard Disk
8 MB Video card.

>-----Original Message-----
>We have a workstation that we would like to get rid of NT
>and change it to XP - is that a problem - would it be best
>to repartition and reformat the hard drive and just
>install XP? Thanks for the opinions.
>.

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